Manitoba Legislature Last Week Highlights Education and Beer Policy
The report notes Minister of Education Schultz facing inquiries over textbook contracts totaling large sums. A special committee will probe Ketchen’s charges while new safeguards place superintendent and minister approvals on book selection. Debate touches optometry act repeal, interprovincial beer trade, and a wage tax proposal with a party-line vote outcome.
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Schultz
Ketchen
Hillcatt Department
Advisory Board
Committee On Prayer
Robert Hawkins
Lawrence
Labor
St. Boniface
Stubb
Queen
Manitoba
Garser
Sexsmith
Garson
Stock Exchange Officers Questioned Over Broker Failures
During the last session day Conservatives and CCF Labor opposed. Officers of Winniper Stock Exchange and most of Municipal Public Utility Board and Attorney General were brought before the Law Amendments Committee and questioned by Mr Willis about reasons for ongoing stock broker failures and losses. Members then scurried back to engage in seedings and to be reintroduced to families and constituencies.
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Municipal and Public Utility Board
Willis
World of Wheat Prompts Watch on Western Crops
A Western Canada and US Northwestern wheat outlook notes moisture deficits loom large. Searle Grain Co records show Alberta 80 percent, Saskatchewan 57 percent, Manitoba 68 percent subsoil moisture, risking below or above average yields depending on rainfall through August.
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Canada
Searle Grain Co
U S.A
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
CKY's New Studios Nearing Readiness After Fire
CKY reports its new studios are nearly ready after February fire damage. Staff helped grow CKY from 500 to 15,000 watts, and the upgraded facilities promise a more fitting home for the station. Opening is expected late in the first week of May with a coast-to-coast CBC network celebration.
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CKY
Phoenix
Canada
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St. MacGregor
T. Trethewez
Tom
Joux Lawsre
Bank of Montreal
Dominion
MacGregor
E. G. Elliott
Anking Service
Kirshner, Rabkin & Co
Sundale
Northwest
Moresco
Conservatives
C.C.F. Labor Party
H. G. L. Strange
Searle Grain Company, Ltd
United States
Cky’s
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